Help:Parser functions

Custom parser functions

String functions

strc

Expands backslash escape sequences, such as:

Text	Produces
\n	newline
\t	tab

Example:

Some example{{#strc:\t}}text

Produces:

Some example	text

strcount

Returns the number of occurrences of the second parameter in the first parameter. Case-sensitive

Example:

{{#strcount:This string sure has a lot of "T"'s in it! | t}}

→ 3

stricount

Same as strcount, but case-insensitive.

Example:

{{#stricount:This string sure has a lot of "T"'s in it! | t}}

→ 5

stripos

Example:

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stristr

Example:

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strlen

Example:

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strpos

Example:

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strripos

Example:

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strrpos

Example:

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strsplit

Example:

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strstr

Example:

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sha1

Returns the sha1 hash of the first parameter.

Example:

{{#sha1:Dwarf Fortress}}

→ e71c8ec81bef5a3717cba2e82840b8bbdc6570d1

md5

Returns the md5 hash of the first parameter.

Example:

{{#md5:Dwarf Fortress}}

→ c5d1f740e7c056187c120083d2405a6a

Math functions

randint

Returns a random integer between the two arguments provided.

Example:

{{#randint:1|6}}

→ 2

{{#randint:6|1}}

→ 4

Wikitext/utility functions

param

For use in templates: Returns the first parameter found from a list of parameter names, or the last argument if none were found. Intended to be easier to read than a chain of template default arguments. The following lines are equivalent:

{{{first|{{{2|{{{1|{{{last|None of the parameters were found}}}}}}}}}}}}
{{#param:first|2|1|last|None of the parameters were found}}

Example:

"Template:Sample" contains:

{{#param:first|2|1|last|None of the parameters were found}}

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{{sample|first=text}}

→ text

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{{sample|text}}

→ text

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{{sample|foo|bar}}

→ bar

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{{sample|a|b|last=c|first=First!}}

→ First!

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{{sample|3=foo}}

→ None of the parameters were found